Don Samuels:
Martin Sabo is a mainstream DFLer, just like Olin Moore. If you think you can find some "self-made" immigrant who can do Sabo's job better than he has done it, show me. I don't know that much about Olin Moore, but the fact that he has connections that Don Samuels doesnt have has got to be the WEAKEST argument for supporting Don Samuels that I can think. This city needs all the connected it people it can get. You don't wait till you're sick to find a doctor, and you don't wait till you need connections to make sure you have them. A guy who understands the plight of the struggling is not as valuable as a guy who can help ameliorate those struggles. Thousands of people have gotten paying jobs through Sabo's efforts over the years. How many has Don Samuels helped employ?
Make any choice you want, but at least think about the choices in a realistic way.
With all due respect to Mr. Moore whom I barely know and Mr. Samuels whom I do not know at all - and with the acknowledgment that I am not a W3 resident, I remark: The W3 race should not be a referendum by proxy on affection for Marty Sabo. In a fair race, each candidate stands on his/her own accomplishments and merit, not merit or accomplishment by association.
Special elections are usually rift with complications and ripe for criticism anyway. Campaign advocates do well to seek higher ground by promoting their candidates on their earned merit, not on the grounds of one's ethnicity or another's mentor.
Ann Berget
Kingfield
